Rat trap



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Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

UNITED ySTATES PATENT oFFlcE.

GEORGE SAVARD AND MOSES E. ST. AMOUR, OF FAUST, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS, BY

DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALF T0 SAID GEORGE SAVARD AND ONE-HALF T0 NAPOLEON GRENIER, OF FAUST, NEW YORK.

BAT TRAP.

Application led May 17, 1924. SerialfN'o. 714,100.

To all whom t may concern.' y

Be it known that we, GEORGE SAvARD `and Mosns E. ST. AMOUR, citizens of the United States and Dominion of Canada', respectively, residing at Faust, in the county of Franklin and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Rat Trap, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rat traps or the like and aims to provide a novel form of trap of the ever-set type so that a great number of rats may be caught before it is necessary to empty the trap.

Another important object of the invention is to provide novel means for attracting the rats to the interior of the trap or to such positions within the trap that they will fall into the water tank housed by the trap.

Astill further object of the invention is to provide means for closing the trap after a predetermined number of rats have been caught, thereby eliminating any possibility of a rat escaping from the trap after 1t has once entered the same.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a trap which may be either operated to kill the rat by drowning, or by eating poison bait held in the trap.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear' as the description proceeds,r the invention resides in the com- V bination and arrangement of parts andv in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment'of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawings: f Figure 1 is a front elevational viewl of a trap constructed in accordance with the invention. Y l* Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the trap, taken on line 2-2 of Figure l. f

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken online 3 3 of'Figure l. f

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Figure 3;

Referring to the drawings in detail, the1 reference character 5 indicates the body portion of the trapvwhich may be constructed of any suitable material, however it is contemplated to employ sheet metal or the like for the sake of economy and sanitation.

A partitioning member indicated yat 6 divides the body portion into anupper compartment 7' anda lower compartment 8', the partitioning member being formed with a suitablev opening Aarranged substantially centrally thereof for establishing communication between the compartments 7 and 8.

A trap door indicated at 7 normally closes the opening in the partitioning member 6 and as shown, this trap door is mounted ,on the shaft 8, which is supported in suitable bearings disposed adjacent to the ends of the shaft. The shaft is formed with upwardly extended end portions having eyes that accommodate the inner ends of the Vcoiled springs 9, the opposite ends of the coiled springs being anchored to the front wall of the body portion as at 9 to cause the springs to return the trap door to its initial or closed position after it has been operated to ldrop a rodent from the upper compartment to the lower compartment.

In order that the movement of the trap door to its closed position will be noiseless in its'operation, a strip of rubber 10 is rovided along the upper edge thereof, w icl! `rubber is ydesigned to engage the partitioning member adjacent to the opening when the trap door-7 is returned to its initial position.. Y

Arranged within the upper compartment and positioned on the partitioning member, is a housing indicated generally by the reference character 1l, the walls of the housing being supplied with mirrors l2 so that a rodent upon entering the upper compartment will see his image in the various mirrors, making it appear as though other rodents are already inthe trap, removing all care from the 4rodent to induce him to enter further.

In order to 'facilitate the handling ofthe.A

rodents caught in the trap, an auxiliary bottom member 16 is provided,-which bottoml member is in the form of a plate provided i with -a plurality o1t`- openingsl to allow the water in the tank to drain therethrough when the auxiliarybottom is being lifted from the tank. Arms 17 extend upwardly from the auxiliary bottom member and are supplied with curved extremities 18, which may be positioned over the upper edge of the tank to allow the water to drain therefrom. These hook portions 18 also provide means to permit the-operatory toplacehis ngers'thereunder on lifting the auxiliary bottom from the tank.

It might 'be further stated that tongs such as indicated at 19 may be conveniently placed within the trapv as for example hung on the handles 15 of the tank for removing thevrodents from theauXiliaiy bottom and removing the necessity of theperson touching the rodents with his hands to remove the same.

Thefront wall of the-body portion 5 is provided with an openingl 20 arranged above the partitioningl member 6,V which opening establishes communicationabetween the upper compartment and the atmosphere to allow rodents to enter the upper compartment.

A run-way 21 is formed witli'hookmembersQQ which are adaptedto `hookiintotlie body portion of the trap to permit rodents to pass upwardly vinto the upper compartment. The lower `compartment also-has its front wall Vsupplied with'anopening normally Vclosed by the slidingclosure QSso that access to the interior of the lower" compartment may-be had ortlie'removal of the tankand its contents.

The entrance opening formed in the front wall of the upper compartment is closed bymeans oi the sliding closureV 24, which is normally held Iopen by means of lthe weight 25 that is in the form of a float designed to normallyiioat on the vsurface of the water in the tank.

A flexible connectingmemberv 26 connects `the float 25 and sliding-closure 24 and as shown, this flexible member 26 operates lover the pulleys 27 supportedV within the upper compartment and mounted on the shaft-s extending from the wall thereof, the weight of the door being slightly greater than the weight of the float so that when the float is released, the weight of the closure will cause it to move to its .closing position.

It is to be understood that the opening in the partitioning member 6, through which the float or weight 25 moves, is relatively small so that a binding 'action will be set up between the float and walls oit the opening to hold the float against movement until the .water level in the tank contacts therewith to force the loat from the opening.

A tubular supporting member 28 is secured to one wall of the tank and is provided with a cut out portion in the wall thereof to allow poisonous material to beinserted in the supporting member and be: eX- posed to rodents passing` into the trap. A mirror 31 isemployed in connection with the supporting member and is provided with a hook member 30 adapted to be positioned on the rear wall of the supporting .member to attract'iodents to the poisonous'material.

A gauge indicated at 33is positioned in the tank so that persons on placing water in the tank may be guided as to the qua-ntity of water to be placed therein and permit the operation of the trapfdoor.

Thus it will be seen that as the-tank becomes filled with rodents, the level of the water in the tank will rise causing thefloat to move upwardly and allowing the weight of the doorvto automatically move the same to itsv closed position. From the foregoing it will be obvious that rodents `will passup the run-.way 21 and into the upper compartment to obtain the bait placed therein. As the rodents pass over the. trap door 7, the trap .door will be automatically opened* al.- lowing the rodents to fall into the water tank thereunder where they :willi-be drowned.

Itis believed that in view ofthe vforegoing detailedV description, a further Adetail description as to the operation of the trapV is unnecessary.

We claim 1. Av trap including a body portion, a partitoning member in the body` portioiidividing the body port-ion into upper `andlower compartments, a trap door in the: parti'- tioning member and adapted to operate under the weightfolE van animal to dropthe animal into-the-lower compartment, a closure for closing the upper -compartment,1 a

tank disposed in the lower compartment, a

float Ain the tank, means. for connectingthe ioat andv closure to cause theclosure` to move to its closed position when the float 'iselevated.

2. A trap including a body portionrapar- -ftitioning member dividing ythe body portion into upper and lower compartments', afpivoted trap member positioned in the partiof animals have dropped into the lower tioning member and adapted to drop an compartment.

animal to Jthe lower compartment, a closure In testimony that We claim the forego- 10 for Jche upper Compartment, means for noring as our own, We have hereto afIXed our mally holding the closure in its open posisignatures.

tion7 said holding means adapted to release GEORGE SAVARD.

the closure when a predetermined number MOSES E. ST. AMOUR. 

